Chapter 35 Ma Yuan

When the sea wolf's merchant ship passed here for the first time, it was once regarded as pirates by the island's defenders and * officials. The two sides clashed on the shore, but for those wrest scum, the crew of the sea wolf's merchant ship was much more powerful than them!

Hundreds of * defenders living on the island, holding inferior weapons, tried to attack these sea wolves on the shore to fetch water. As a result, they were bombarded by the sea wolf's cannons and fled back. Even a pier on the shore was captured by the sea wolf's crew.

When the officials on the island learned the news, they dared not fight again, so they sent people to negotiate with the crew of the sea wolves who landed, trying to spend a little money to ask these so-called pirates to leave Jeju Island.

Inadvertently, the people on the sea wolf ship found that there were huge business opportunities hidden here. There were many horses, cattle and sheep on the island, so they blackmailed some of their cattle and sheep and put them on the ship for food.

After they returned, they passed the news to Yu Xiaotian. Yu Xiaotian immediately realized that this was a good opportunity, so he immediately sent a small fleet, loaded a marine company, and set off for Jeju Island.

When they went to Jeju Island for the second time, the two sides clashed again. The government on Jeju Island mobilized the soldiers and horses on 2,000 islands to try to drive them away, but the result was very tragic. These five war scum were overturned by the people in the small fleet of the sea wolf and successfully controlled a The place of the port.

The officials on Jeju Island were afraid again and quickly came to discuss with the sea wolf people again, trying to pay some money to let them leave. At this time, the sea wolf personnel began to negotiate with them.

The negotiation is very simple, that is, the sea wolf wants to buy horses and cultivated cattle on Jeju Island. The price is negotiable by both sides. As long as the price is right, the sea wolf is willing to do this deal with Jeju Island.

And the * officials on Jeju Island can't fight. It is estimated that they will ask for help from the land. With * official efficiency, God knows when they can send troops. If they can't provoke these terrible Chinese pirates, these pirates are likely to take down Jeju Island as a whole.

At that time, these people will be completely unlucky, and even if they ask for help, they may not be sent reinforcements. After thinking about it over and over, they decided to do this business with sea wolves.

As for the price, although the price offered on Jeju Island is not low for them, it is quite cheap for sea wolves. The two sides agreed immediately. The sea wolf purchased a batch of cattle and horses from Jeju Island, shipped them to Fujian, and temporarily put them on Haitan Island for breeding and expansion.

After discovering this business, Yu Xiaotian must grasp this business road. Although he does not want to occupy Jeju Island for the time being, he can stand in front of him first.

So the sea wolf negotiated with the local government on Jeju Island and rented a large ranch as their transit place to purchase a large number of horses, cattle and sheep on Jeju Island. Even if they are not transported back to Haitan Island for the time being, they can temporarily foster in this pasture.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian selected more than 200 people from the army and formed the first cavalry company of the sea wolf and sent it to the leased ranch on Jeju Island for training. This is also the first cavalry force officially established by the sea wolf, which is of great significance to the sea wolf.

In addition to sending a cavalry company for training, the sea wolf also recruited a group of exiles from Shandong and other places. Among them, a group of people were selected who were good at raising horses, and also sent to Jeju Island and Haitan Island to raise horses and train horses to prepare for the formation of a large number of cavalry troops in the future. Work.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian did not expect to form a super-large-scale cavalry force. These cavalry will be mainly used as scouts in the future, as an assault force when necessary, and can chase and defeat the army on the battlefield. Otherwise, the pure infantry sea wolf army can win the war even on land, but Because there is no mobile force, once the enemy escapes after defeat, it is difficult to chase the enemy in time.

So having a small but capable cavalry force is a very important thing for the army of the sea wolf. Yu Xiaotian certainly can't let go of such a good opportunity.

In this way, the sea wolf finally has a source of obtaining war horses, and no longer lacks horses everywhere as before, and has to adopt the method of substitute animals and pawns.

Even if some horses are not suitable for riding, they can be used as horses. For sea wolf, an army that is more dependent on logistics, it is also indispensable. Now it is not good to say that in Fujian, in case one day you need to go north, you will be blind at the moment, so It is necessary to prepare in advance, not only horses, but also vehicles.

This matter can be said to play a vital role in the construction of the sea wolf's army in the future. In the past, they always wanted to get some war horses from Liaodong, but for various reasons, both the Dongjiang army and the construction slaves are under strict control. Good war horses are not exported at all, so for many years, the sea wolf has not How many war horses have been got, but Jeju Island has solved the needs of sea wolves.

Yu Xiaotian secretly decided that once he wanted to lead his army north to fight in the Central Plains, he would immediately send troops to occupy and control Jeju Island and expropriate all the horses of Jeju Island as military horses. Why worry about not using war horses at that time?

In addition to these trivial things, there is another thing that must be mentioned, that is, the church in Macao.

The rise of the sea wolf on the coast of Fujian and the control of Taiwan Island has also attracted great attention from the Portuguese and missionaries living in Macao.

Since the Westerners extended their tentacles to the East, the Holy See has also invested great enthusiasm in this and wants to get more sheep for God. They continue to send a large number of missionaries to the East to preach. It is better for other places, but it has never achieved good results in the Ming Dynasty. .

Many missionaries entered the mainland of the Ming Dynasty to preach without being recognized by the Ming people at all, and the government did not like them. Many missionaries lived a very hard life, and even those who were starved to death. Some missionaries simply disappeared inexplicably, and it was not even unclear where the bones were buried.

Although the missionaries such as Ricci sent by the Holy See have opened up some situations through their interactions with some gentry in the Ming Dynasty, on the whole, except for the development of some believers in Hangzhou and Nanjing, other places have not opened up any situation, and the path of the Holy See's mission in the East has always been difficult.

However, it is gradually found in the Holy See in Macao that the newly rising sea wolf group is becoming more and more powerful, controlling a large amount of land, and more importantly, controlling a large population.

And the senior management of the Sea Wolf Group, that is, Yu Xiaotian himself, does not seem to be very resistant to Catholicism and has established business contacts with them.

This has attracted more attention from the Holy See. After all, Yu Xiaotian has now become a hot figure in Fujian, and his strength is very strong. Even the arrogant Spanish and Dutch fleet has been defeated by him and controls the whole Taiwan island.

So the Catholic missionaries in Macao began to have the idea of missionary work on Yu Xiaotian's land, and secretly began to send people to contact Yu Xiaotian in an attempt to negotiate the purpose of Yu Xiaotian's permission to go to Taiwan Island for missionary work.

At first, Yu Xiaotian didn't pay much attention to their proposal, and did not want Catholicism to become the most important sect in his jurisdiction and control the direction of his sea wolf in the future.

However, after careful consideration, Yu Xiaotian finally agreed to some proposals from Macao churches, allowing them to establish churches in Tamsui, Keelung, Kaohsiung and other places for missionary work.

However, Yu Xiaotian has laid a foreshadowing, that is, missionaries must obey the official management of the sea wolf and carry out missions according to the region and crowd officially given by the sea wolf. It is strictly forbidden to preach to the sea wolf army and members within the sea wolf, let alone preach in the school set up by the sea wolf.

Missionaries sent by the Holy See must be reviewed by the sea wolf and report their missionary situation to the sea wolf group every once in a while. All religious people must register so that the sea wolf can effectively manage it.

Most importantly, these missionaries must be able to speak Chinese, and everyone must translate some Western scientific and technological books to obtain the qualification to enter the sea wolf jurisdiction.

As for the books they translate, there are also regulations, such as books such as navigation, metallurgy, medicine, pharmaceutical, machinery, mathematics, astronomy, geography, art, natural science, biology, map making, mechanical drawing, etc., but they must not have missionary things and must be pure subjects. What I learned.

As for the books they translated, some theological things are not included and do not count! Those who cannot meet this requirement cannot enter the jurisdiction of the sea wolf for missionary work.

In addition, each missionary must be proficient in two or three aspects. After entering the jurisdiction of the sea wolf, in addition to preaching in the church, he must also undertake some relevant work according to their ability. In particular, each missionary must teach in the local school and teach the students some relevant Knowledge.

However, these missionaries are strictly forbidden to spread their theology in the school, promote their teachings among students, and absorb believers, otherwise they will be expelled immediately.

In addition, the Holy See shall build a church within the jurisdiction of the sea wolf and shall not raise funds locally. The land should be leased from the Sea Wolf Group, not purchased! All funds for the construction of the church are borne by the Holy See.

At the same time, Yu Xiaotian demanded that when they spread the teachings, they must add one, that is, Yu Xiaotian was born as an archangel and had the supreme theocracy. No one could challenge him. During the mission, the Holy See had no choice but to interfere in the affairs of the sea wolf in any form, otherwise everything would be avoided.